charcoal or propane grill?

[pleco2009]

charcoal is the way to go but i see why people use propane
but its a shame
and charcoal is more american as americans before the finding of oil used wood to cook their food
and henry ford created charcoal blocks and isnt he really american!

 

[midnight]

Propane is a by-product of natural gas and petroleum refining (mmm, petroleum). While only about 10% of propane is imported directly, about 45% is made from crude oil (again, love cooking my food directly over burning petrochemicals).

So, what's more American:

Propane made from Middle-Eastern oil?
OR good old American-made charcoal?

About 90% of U.S. propane is domestically produced.
The United States imports about 10% of the propane consumed each year with about 7% of that coming from Canada via pipeline and rail. The remaining 3% of imported propane comes to the United States from other sources via ocean transport.


you dont know if it was american or overseas gas they used to make it

even if they used overseas gas to produce it here
i guess that means my ford pickup isnt american cus my gas probably came from overseas too right?
i had to use their gas to produce ford horsepower so i guess i got imported horsepower in my ford making it "not american"

 

[Nic]

why dont you propane guys give charcoal a try again.... also let the coals turn complete gray for a few minutes before using them...

 

[scubasteve06]

I'm not saying I never have or will but if I had the luxury of going to home depot or lowe's right now and dropping a grand on a weber...wouldn't you??? Now that is a conversational beer drinking piece of man right there.

 

[joel]

i have a natural gas grill. it cooks as good as propane.

 

[Angler]

I'm going to use my charcoal grill for the first time tonight. I went out and got a chimney starter, lump charcoal, and chunks of hikory - a couple of steaks, and some honey barbeque rub (normally I marinade steaks for a while, but didn't have time today).

I will let you guys know how it turns out. Hopefully I don't ruin the steaks. I am quite use to the unskilled, mindless process of turning the propane tank on and turning the ignitor

 

[scubasteve06]

Ooo...hikory chips are always good for nice smoky flavoring, you should also try mesquite chips.

 

[pdbrady]

Now that is a conversational beer drinking piece of man right there.

This so belongs in that "Out of Context" thread that was going!

If the gas was so great, why do you gassers have to add a burning solid (chips, etc) to make your food taste good? CHARCOAL!

 

[Angler]

well, we had dinner. They ended up quite tastey! The wood chips really gave it a great smokey flavor. I accidentally cooked them well done, but they still turned out juicy. I like my steak medium rare. Practice makes perfect I guess.

 

[scubasteve06]

This so belongs in that "Out of Context" thread that was going!

If the gas was so great, why do you gassers have to add a burning solid (chips, etc) to make your food taste good? CHARCOAL!

Seriously, some people even drop 4-5k in grills with preparation stations, refrigerators, seperate stove tops for your bush grilln beans, and boiled corn on the cob man. And then the ones that have refrigerator's those are pimp. Tell me you couldn't get down around that awesome piece of chrome and aluminum, just something about it brings men together...and budweiser.


No, make it taste better. The chips are all for extra flavoring, not trying to cover up any tastes I make sure it is quality meat I have rules against certain grocery stores because most of their meat is rubber. It makes me miss the town I grew up in and local butchers.